This OCLC Research Library Partnership event was co-sponsored by Yale University’s Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Links to the videos and presentation slides from this meeting are available in the agenda below. Speaker bios (.pdf: 99K/5 pp.) and a list of archived #pastfor tweets (.pdf: 480K/38 pp.) from this event are also available.

Click on "Playlist" in the lower left of the YouTube player below for a thumnail menu of all Past Forward videos.

Event Agenda

Monday, 3 June

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Optional Pre-Meeting Workshop (Registration Full)

8:30 a.m.–6:00 p.m.

A workshop on outreach (teaching, fundraising, and connecting on campus) for special collections was held at Yale University's Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.See the workshop agenda for complete details.

Tuesday, 4 June

Time

Day 1 of Past Forward Meeting

8:00–9:00 a.m.

Breakfast and Registration

9:00–9:40 a.m.

Welcome and Opening Remarks

EC Schroeder, Yale University

View Welcome and Opening Remarks by EC Schroeder from Yale University video (4:30)

Susan Gibbons, Yale University

View Welcome and Opening Remarks by Susan Gibbons from Yale University video (5:01)

Jim Michalko, OCLC Research

View Welcome from Jim Michalko and Merrilee Proffitt from OCLC Research video (22:11)

New materials and formats challenge special collections managers to extend existing practices and concepts to include the new and different or to revise past practices and concepts to fit the old to the new.

Special collections are rethinking their administrative structures, practices, and institutional relationships to reshape the workforces, consolidate siloed service points to survive and thrive, and energize their host institutions.

Speakers:

Rachel Beckett, University of Manchester

View Session 2 Presentation by Rachel Beckett from University of Manchester video (27:28)

Wednesday, 5 June

Special collections must connect with all their stakeholders—readers, researchers, donors, vendors, funders, other departments on campus, other institutions—through promotions, outreach efforts, collaborations, partnerships, etc., to more effectively achieve their mission of having collections be useful and used.

Speakers:

Katherine Reagan, Cornell University

Liz Chapman, London School of Economics

View Session 3 Presentation by Liz Chapman from London School of Economics video (24:05)

The next OCLC Research Library Partnership meeting will take place at Yale University's Whitney Humanities Center in New Haven, CT and will cover topics related to managing special collections in the 21st century. A pre-meeting outreach workshop will be held on Monday, 3 June. The Past Forward meeting will take place Tuesday and Wednesday, 4-5 June. Details are available on the agenda tab.

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